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Patrick

Tim MIELANTS

Belgium2019 97min Asian Premiere

Program Note

Patrick is a quiet bachelor in charge of running a nude camping village located in a mountain village in Ardennes, run by his father, Rudy. Patrick's daily life begins to fall apart as one of the hammer sets stored on the shelf in the studio disappears, and Rudy suddenly collapses. The peaceful camping village begins to flutter. Herman, one of the regular customers, plans to take over the camping village in Rudy’s absence. Patrick is now in a position to find the lost hammer and protect the camping site.

Patrick, kind and naïve, is a figure embodying all the values aimed at the naturalistic life of a nude camping village. In the forest among the mountains, the daily life of people who don't wear clothes and seem not to have desires or powers, but the film satires the human nature of worldly greed that remain after they take off their clothes. The drastic transformation of the sexy hunk Kevin Janssens from Revenge and The Room, winners of the 2018 and 2019 Bucheon Choice Awards, is noteworthy. (Jin PARK)

Diretor

Tim MIELANTS

Tim Mielants is one of the highest profile young series directors in Flanders, well known for directing TV series Cordon (2014), Peaky Blinders (2016), and The Terror (2018). Patrick (2019) is his feature debut. 

Credit

Producer
Sarah Marks
Screenplay
Benjamin Sprengers, Tim Mielants
Cinematographer
Frank van den Eeden
Editor
Alain Dessauvage
Sound
Yanna Soentjens
Music
Geert Hellings
Production Design
Hubert Pouille
Sales
Beta Cinema GmbH